I have a friend who runs a writing service... they do a lot of SEO articles, blog posts, and other stuff like that for companies that want to post content on their websites but don't have the time or skill to do it themselves. Generally, it pays $.01 a word, which isn't great, but equates to a decent hourly wage if you're a fast writer. Rush articles or articles requiring researched footnotes pay more.

Her company is getting a rep for the quality work they deliver, and as a result, she has *way* more work than she has writers. I told her I'd put the word out amongst you guys, in case any of you were interested.

If you are, she'll give you a trial assignment for which you'll be paid, regardless of whether or not she uses it. If she likes what she sees, she'll give you a lot more assignments... as many as you feel comfortable handling, whether that's 500 words a day or 5,000.

So, if you're interested, let me know and I'll send you her email address. LJ comments are screened so you can include your email address without everyone seeing it.

It's almost the end of February! Where did the time go?

Honeybear and I have been very busy with our Avatar work -- we went down to Daytona Beach for two weeks in January/February to complete our Wizards training. When we got back, we had two people (a friend and Honeybear's mom) who wanted to know more, so we got them enrolled in the local Resurfacing workshop, where they had some amazing insights and breakthroughs. Honeybear's mom, in particular, had an amazing transformation considering how resistant she was to most of the process. (And I now know where his tendency to take a nap when faced with unpleasantness comes from.)

I've also been helping my friend the "Blender King" with a new venture -- cookbooks for blenders! Check out the first one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0070GPG4C/ It's currently selling for $.99, but will shortly be rising in price to $2.99 once it has an established track record at Amazon. So, if you'd like to try 45 healthy breakfasts for a blender, pick up a copy now. (Reviews are greatly appreciated.)

The awesome and important book I've been hinting at and obliquely mentioning for two years now is finally available!

New Money for a New World, or, as I like to think of it, how to solve all the world's financial crises by fundamentally rethinking the nature of money, by Belgin and Lietaer. (And edited by honeybear.) It is available in 3 formats -- Kindle for $9.95, Softcover for $29.95, and Hardcover for $34.95.

For more info, visit http://www.newmoneyforanewworld.com/.

For anyone following this blog that is NOT on LiveJournal, I apologize in advance, but the super-high level of spam was finally too much for me, and I've closed the comments to anonymous users.

I don't understand why, when you look at recent comments to your LJ, it does NOT show potential spam, and there's no way to find the potential spam other than looking post by post to see if there's spam in the spam-filter. That is just a STUPID way of doing it. Yes, they send email of possible spam, and yes, I can delete it from the email, but if I miss the email? Which, given the volume of mail that flows through my account, is pretty much a given it will happen eventually. So the stuff just stays out there until someone else spams the same post, and I see it.

So, I'm giving up, and only registered users can comment. Sorry, people who were logged on from elsewhere and didn't have an LJ username. The spammers won.

Woot! So, I'm taking this AI class through Stanford's distance education program -- not for credit, it's an experimental class to see how the delivery mechanism works for them. But other than that, I believe it's pretty much the same as the in-person class.

This weekend was the midterm. It was "open book" (or, in this case, open video lecture). We just got the results back, and I scored a 91%. I am feeling pretty stoked. Especially since I never bothered getting the text book. ;-)

What's amazing to me is that my Master's degree was in AI, back in the dark ages. And all this stuff that's being presented in the Intro level class? Most of it hadn't been invented yet when I was studying the field. I mean, Logic? Yeah, sure. But all the other stuff? It's the first time I'm hearing about it. (And the section on probability? It's even weirder than regular probability.)

My book, "Illicit Programming", the erotic SF romance about two people from a communal society who rediscover pair-bond love, has been named the Deal of the Day at Eros Books.

Starting promptly at 11am on Thursday, a limited number of copies will be available for $.99. They are sold on a first come, first served basis, so don't be late!

Saturday: Finished state and federal taxes. Getting refund. Yea!
Monday: Paid refund money to plumber to rebuild honeybear's toilet. Boo!

From which we learn that:
1. Never ever use toilet tank drop-in cleaners, unless they specifically say that they do not damage rubber. "Safe for toilet" simply means that it won't eat the porcelein.
2. When toilet valves start to go, they make a peculiar high-pitched whistling noise that sounds a lot like a smoke alarm.
3. Cats who love water love to watch plumbers work on toilets.
4. Good plumbers are those who ask for the cat's opinion on their work before telling the home owner the job is done.

Not sure why this didn't automatically post from my website. Maybe I only hooked up the posting to go to my Facebook feed? But just wanted to let you all know that I got a perfect 5 out of 5 / Reviewers Top Pick award from Night Owl Reviews for Anne's Birthday Bachelor.

http://jenniferdunne.com/index.php/2011/09/a-perfect-score-for-annes-birthday-bachelor/

So, if you were going to get help from someone for moving, which of the following would be the most helpful?

Poll #1774354 helpful moving choices
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

The most helpful thing someone could do would be:

Follow the link below to see the video interviews of the cast of The Canterbury Tales, to meet the awesome people I've been hanging with for the past few months.

You Tube Video